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The Week in Pictures: July 24, to July 30, 2017.

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Tiffany Frericks, lett, and her husband, Rome, center, chat with their kids, Journey, left, Neighbor Tyler Dance and Reese Frericks, right, during a snack break Saturday from Armband Day on the carnival rides at the Adams County Fair near Mendon. H-W Photo/Michael Kipley

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Brandon Adams of Mount Vernon, Mo. uses a drill with a flap sander Thursday on an indian bust he carved with several chainsaws. Adams used a torch fror shading and coloring then sanded to give the bust depth. Most of the items carved this week at the Adams County Fair near Mendon will be auctioned off Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at the fair grounds. H-W Photo/Michael Kipley

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Construction workers paint the backside of Ace Hardware just west of Walgreens on Broadway and 18th on Monday, Jul. 24, 2017. According to a Feb. 26, 2017 article, the hardware store is expected to employ about 20 full and part time workers.H-W Photo/Jake Shane

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Four-year-old Seagram Wiseman, of Quincy, learns about water pressure as he uses all his might to keep water from coming out of a squirt gun Tuesday, July 25, 2016, at the fountain in Washington Park. Seagram and other children and parents took to the fountain area to beat Tuesday's heat.H-W Photo/Phil Carlson

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John Wood Community College Director of Information Technology Josh Brueck demonstrates how to "highlight" on a touch screen computer in a classroom at John Wood's Southeast Education Center during a donor recognition program in Pittsfield on Tuesday, Jul. 25, 2017. John Wood Community College announced the results of their Southwest Campaign as well. H-W Photo/Jake Shane

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A hawk dries off from Thursday's rain on a billboard on 36th and Locust on Thursday, Jul. 27, 2017. According to our news gathering partners at WGEM, Friday will begin a nice stretch of weather with highs in the low to mid 80s and sunshine that will last through Tuesday.H-W Photo/Jake Shane